©by Patricia Feager 2/28/2016
As March 1st and Spring Weather nears, it is good to know the EYES of Texas are upon us! While driving around Flower Mound, I was lucky enough to see my first SKYWARN® Vehicle and the driver was very, very friendly!
Once I got home, I found the website at www.skywarn.org and was surprised to learn Storm Spotters are volunteers! It's a National Weather Organization. Now I know, we ALL owe our lives to these brave individuals who are rarely spoken of and many of us know nothing about, expect they put their lives at risk to warn everyone else of imminent danger due to severe weather conditions. From the website I learned ----
Most people have memories or experienced flash flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes, or severe weather storms; yet how many stop to think, if volunteer Storm Spotters didn't exist, there would be a lot more catastrophes and tragedies. I am in awe and so grateful I got to see one so personal from my own car window. While waiting for the traffic light to change, I smiled; he smiled back. I asked for permission to take his picture and he approved. You never know who you'll meet when you pull up to another driver. I consider this to be, my lucky day! I got a picture of what I perceive is a National Hero whom we may never know may save a life or an entire community some day! And to think this wonderful man is a Volunteer, a National Storm Spotter who offered me the sign of peace. I find this to be so touching!
We do not have to become heroes overnight.
Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up...
dicovering we have the strength to stare it down.
Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living
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